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str_repeat

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

str_repeat — Repeat a string

Description

str_repeat ( string $string , int $times ) : string

Returns string repeated times times.

Parameters

string

The string to be repeated.

times

Number of time the string string should be repeated.

times has to be greater than or equal to 0. If the times is set to 0, the function will return an empty string.

Return Values

Returns the repeated string.

Examples

Example #1 str_repeat() example

<?phpecho str_repeat("-=", 10);?>

The above example will output:

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

See Also

• for
• str_pad() - Pad a string to a certain length with another string
• substr_count() - Count the number of substring occurrences